Preliminary exit polls from Israeli elections Tuesday appeared to give the centrist Kadima Party, led by Ehud Olmert, the most seats in parliament, though fewer seats than observers expected.

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Tuesday's elections in Israel will likely mark a crucial point in determining the country's future as well as its relationship with a new Palestinian Authority dominated by the militant group Hamas.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ramped up his anti-Israel rhetoric Wednesday, saying the Holocaust is a "myth" used by Europeans to create an Israeli state.

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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threw the Israeli government into chaos Monday by announcing he would leave the hard-line Likud Party he helped form and asking the country's president to dissolve parliament and order new elections.

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The mood in the Gaza Strip was joyous yet chaotic Monday as Israeli troops pulled out of Jewish settlements there, officially ending Israel's 38-year occupation.

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Israel's historic pullout from 25 West Bank and Gaza Strip settlements wrapped up Tuesday after soldiers stormed the last two communities to be evacuated in the West Bank and dragged away hundreds of defiant settlers.

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Jews from the last remaining Gaza Strip settlement were evacuated Monday, concluding Israel's historic pullout after nearly four decades of occupation.

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Hundreds of Israeli nationalists and protesters faced their own army and police as troops began distributing eviction notices as part of the Israeli government's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli security officials on Monday continued with preparations for the highly controversial Gaza settlement pullout, despite Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's surprise resignation in protest to the plan.

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The Israeli Army reopened the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlements area Friday.

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